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John Hamilton Mortimer

Classical Subject (Lucretia's Dead Body is Carried by her Husband, Lead by her Mourning Father)

1770–79 (?)
Pen and ink over traces of graphite or chalk
25 × 34.6 cm (9.8 × 13.6 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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